Tesla Powerwall 2 recall expands to US after reports of fires
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has received 22 reports of overheating, smoking, or burning Tesla Powerwall 2 home batteries. The company will replace defective units.
The Download: chatbots for health, and US fights over AI regulation
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. “Dr. Google” had its issues. Can ChatGPT Health do better? For the past two decades, there’s been a clear first step for anyone who starts experiencing new medical symptoms: Look them up online.…
Google’s SIMA 2 agent uses Gemini to reason and act in virtual worlds
“SIMA 2 is a more general agent. It can complete complex tasks in previously unseen environments. And it’s a self-improving agent… which is a step toward more genera- purpose robots and AGI systems more generally.”
3 Engineer-Approved AI Tools to Master ‘Vibe Coding’ — and 7 Steps to Use Them
“Vibe coding” appeared in early 2025 to describe the simple idea of programming with AI tools. So I tested a range of them — and these are the three best ones.
How You Can Save Millions by Rethinking Who Really Belongs On Your Team
Outsourcing isn’t a substitute for your team. It’s a way to align your resources with the actual needs of the business.
The Shocking Way This Electrical Engineer Built an 8.5 Million Subscriber Base on YouTube
Mehdi Sadaghdar, the mad scientist behind ElectroBOOM, shares his tips for sparking creativity and a loyal following.
LinkedIn adds AI-powered search to help users find people
LinkedIn’s AI-powered people search is rolling out to premium users in the U.S.
Sam Atlman-backed Exowatt wants to power AI data centers with billions of hot rocks
The solar-thermal startup wants to deliver electricity for as little as one cent per kWh. But first it has to scale production to 1 million units per year.
Google Deepmind is using Gemini to train agents inside Goat Simulator 3
Google DeepMind has built a new video-game-playing agent called SIMA 2 that can navigate and solve problems in a wide range of 3D virtual worlds. The company claims it’s a big step toward more general-purpose agents and better real-world robots. Google DeepMind first demoed SIMA (which stands for “scalable instructable multiworld agent”) last year. But…
Your Story Isn’t Just Branding — It’s a Blueprint For Beating the Competition
From choosing a name others doubted to creating a culture that feels like home, this is how naming our restaurant turned identity and mission into a business blueprint.
Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in
Bindwell applies AI drug discovery techniques to invent new pesticide molecules.